Sabine-Neches estuary

As discussed earlier, many of the particle-reactive nuclides like 7Be can form complexes with dissolved organic ligands that can affect their residence time in the estuary as well as delivery from the water column to surface sediments. The Sabine-Neches estuary of southeast Texas has a short hydraulic residence time (ca. 10 d) and a low sediment inventory of particle-reactive nuclides such as 7Be (Baskaran et al., 1997). The range of dissolved residence times of 7Be (0.6-9.6 d) in this estuary was found to be relatively... 

Figure 7.21 Depth profiles of 239,240Pu from four stations in the Sabine-Neches estuary (USA), assuming the largest subsurface peak to be the 1963 fallout the average sedimentation rate at three stations ranged from 0.3 to 10 mm y 1. (Modified from Ravichandran et al., 1995a.)...

Figure 13.10 Percentage particulate organic carbon (POC) and total suspended particulates (TSP) in the water column from three regions of the Sabine-Neches estuary, sampled from March 1992 to October 1993. (Modified from Bianchi et al., 1997a.)... 

Ravichandran, M. (1996) Distribution of rare Earth elements in sediment cores of Sabine-Neches estuary. Mar. Pollut. Bull. 32, 719-726. 

Ravichandran, M., Baskaran, M., Santschi, P.H., and Bianchi, T.S. (1995a) Geochronology of sediments of Sabine-Neches estuary, Texas. Chem. Geol. 125, 291-306. 

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